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Better Gas Mileage, Thanks to the PentagonDetroit eyes new fuel technologies being developed for tanks
BusinessWeek | 18-May-2012 00:53
Yosi Glick's Smarter Movie Recommendations
His startup Jinni, and its Entertainment Genome, aim to do for film and TV what Pandora did for music
BusinessWeek | 18-May-2012 00:39
'Adaptive Radio': The Next Big Thing in Wireless?
A trial in England shows the power of the long-range, high-speed technology
BusinessWeek | 18-May-2012 00:37
Freeing Ford's Logo From Debtors' Prison
The company seeks to win back rights to its iconic logo from banks
BusinessWeek | 18-May-2012 00:35
The Chocolate Machine That Can Improve Your Willpower
Each chocolate you put back instead of eating is like a set of sit-ups for your self-control
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 12:01
Mark Shuttleworth, Open-Source Software's Sugar Daddy
His company Canonical has extended its open-source push to smartphones and cars
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 02:25
A Crackdown on Patently Absurd Lawsuits
The Supreme Court and White House rein in patent owners who file frivolous cases
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 02:08
The Best Places for Various Lawsuits
Suing around the globe
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 02:07
On Diaspora's Social Network, You Own Your Data
The startup has overcome tragedy to create a different kind of social network—one where you continue to own whatever you post
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 01:15
Daniela Rus's Robotic Sand
The MIT scientist is developing tiny robots—eventually as small as grains of sand—that will form into any device or structure imaginable
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 00:40
Book Review: 'Birdseye,' by Mark Kurlansky
Frozen food innovator Clarence Birdseye changed the way we eat
BusinessWeek | 11-May-2012 00:10
Anything You Want, Only $10 a Month
A symbolic shift toward a pay-as-you-go economy, or just a way to make an extra 40 bucks?
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 19:59
Clay Christensen's Life Lessons
The Harvard B-school professor and best-selling author's latest book tackles a new dilemma: the rarity of professional and personal success
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 02:00
Is Origami the Future of Tech?
Nature uses folding to manufacture some of its most intricate creations, from flowers and wings to protein and DNA. What if humans could do the same?
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 01:58
Girish Navani: Examining a City's Health
With a trove of electronic health data, his company EClinicalWorks aims to help communities and hospitals make better policy and treatment decisions
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 01:53
Startups Party at the Patent Office
Startups once ignored intellectual-property issues; now they protect innovations early
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 01:43
India's Plague of Knockoffs
Big marketers battle lookalikes as sales in the countryside boom
BusinessWeek | 04-May-2012 00:50
Obama Wants to Trademark the GI Bill. Good Luck With That
The White House tries to keep returning vets from being taken for a ride
BusinessWeek | 27-Apr-2012 21:28
Amazon vs. Publishers: The Book Battle Continues
Amid the e-book price war, publishers worry about Amazon's print-on-demand technology
BusinessWeek | 27-Apr-2012 00:00
GE's Billion-Dollar Bet on Big Data
The industrial giant aims to harness data from the hardware it sells
BusinessWeek | 26-Apr-2012 23:58
Hilary Mason: From Tiny Links, Big Insights
Bitly's chief scientist and her team have developed products that promise to better analyze data on the social Web
BusinessWeek | 26-Apr-2012 23:50
HP Innovation, One Pricey Giant Screen at a Time
Hewlett-Packard touts its Photon Engine display as a sign of its commitment to R&D
BusinessWeek | 26-Apr-2012 23:50
James Cameron's Trillion-Dollar Question
The filmmaker and two Google founders may try to mine asteroids. Is that legal?
BusinessWeek | 24-Apr-2012 11:59
Microsoft's Design Drive
The company wants to change its reputation for functional and unremarkable design
BusinessWeek | 20-Apr-2012 01:25
Miles Barr: Printing Solar Cells on Paper and Clothes
The MIT graduate's startup, Ubiquitous Energy, embeds solar technology into everyday objects
BusinessWeek | 20-Apr-2012 01:15
Charlie Rose Talks to Cisco's John Chambers
Cisco Systems' chairman and CEO talks about the need for constant reinvention, his company's missteps, and the ease of doing business abroad
BusinessWeek | 20-Apr-2012 01:14
Finland Imagines Life Without Nokia
As the mobile-phone giant shrinks, its grip on the economy weakens
BusinessWeek | 20-Apr-2012 01:01
The DeLorean's Time Leap
Three decades after DeLorean Motor closed shop, the iconic sports cars are back. (But they still don't fly)
BusinessWeek | 20-Apr-2012 00:48
How Tupac Became a Hologram (Is Elvis Next?)
James Cameron's special effects company, Digital Domain, just helped the late rapper play the Coachella music festival
BusinessWeek | 17-Apr-2012 01:28
The Sliming of Pink Slime's Creator
For beef processor BPI, Web reaction to the harvesting of meat scraps results in customers leaving and plants closing
BusinessWeek | 13-Apr-2012 01:50
Pay-Per-View Wrestles With Bar Owners
Sports promoters are pursuing bar owners who don't pay up for pay TV
BusinessWeek | 13-Apr-2012 01:45
The Rise of the E-Jukebox
New, iPad-like jukeboxes feature Facebook, karaoke, photo-taking
BusinessWeek | 13-Apr-2012 01:25
One Man's Quest to Make Information Free
Carl Malamud says it's crazy that we have to pay for public documents
BusinessWeek | 13-Apr-2012 01:10
Ren Ng: Focused on Reinventing Photos
His Lytro camera is the first commercially available model to harness technology known as light field photography
BusinessWeek | 13-Apr-2012 01:00
How to Design a Logo: Sagi Haviv
Start by figuring out what hurdles the client is trying to clear
BusinessWeek | 12-Apr-2012 21:20
How to Find Out Anything About Anyone: Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian
The best way to get the straight dope, from two opposition researchers
BusinessWeek | 12-Apr-2012 19:30
Frankenstein's Fraudster Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Prison
One man sold more than $1 million worth of counterfeit movie posters, but, dealers say, it can be hard to spot a fake
BusinessWeek | 11-Apr-2012 12:00
Facebook Snaps Up Instagram
The eye-popping price tag is more evidence that we live in "bubblicious" times
BusinessWeek | 09-Apr-2012 20:38
Thorsten Heins: Into RIM's Ring of Fire
The first-time CEO has a plan to save Research In Motion and restore the BlackBerry to the center of work life. And no, he's not delusional
BusinessWeek | 06-Apr-2012 01:00
Can PolyPlus's Batteries Power the Future?
New lithium batteries could power cars and gizmos of all sorts—if recharging problems can be fixed
businessweek.com | 06-Apr-2012 00:44
John Dabiri Unlocks the Mysteries of Jellyfish
Wind farms may yield 10 times more energy thanks to the Caltech professor's research on jellyfish propulsion
BusinessWeek | 05-Apr-2012 23:02
FedEx's Electric Vehicle Experiment
Fedex is testing a futuristic line of electric delivery trucks—but will recharging an electric fleet crash the grid?
BusinessWeek | 05-Apr-2012 18:44
How Will Jimmy Iovine Fix Online Music? It's 'Magic'
Beats Electronics Co-Founder Jimmy Iovine has pledged to take a crack at reshaping the online music subscription business in partnership with HTC
BusinessWeek | 04-Apr-2012 22:32
For Investors, a Little-Known Alternative to Groupon
A Groupon rival, Constant Contact, is moving beyond e-mail lists to help small businesses offer coupons to customers
businessweek.com | 04-Apr-2012 12:00
An Open-Source Food Fight in the Cloud
A new open-source rival has emerged from Citrix in the race to create a cloud for the people
BusinessWeek | 04-Apr-2012 01:13
A Flying Car for Just $279,000
Startup Terrafugia is marketing the Transition—a plane you can drive home after landing—at this week's New York Auto Show
BusinessWeek | 03-Apr-2012 22:06